In this episode of Cogito Ergo Pod, Daniel dives into the most complex and controversial text in the Western canon: The Book of Revelation.

Far more than a roadmap for the end of the world, Revelation serves as a profound "unveiling" of the systemic and cosmic forces that govern our reality. As the penultimate chapter in our series on Evil in the Bible, we move beyond simple archetypes to dissect the "Unholy Trinity"—the Dragon, the Beasts, and the False Prophet—and explore how this ancient text creates a scathing critique of political tyranny, economic coercion, and the deification of the state.

In this episode, we explore:

• The Symptoms: Why the Four Horsemen are the harvest of human ambition rather than just divine punishment.

• The Source: The cosmic "Accuser" and the "wounded animal" theory of the Great Red Dragon.

• The Power & The Propaganda: Dissecting the Beast from the Sea (Tyranny) and the Beast from the Earth (Ideology).

• The Riddle of 666: Moving past modern myths to uncover the 1st-century reality of the Mark of the Beast and the Imperial Cult.

• The Fall of Babylon: How Revelation defines evil as the commodification of "human lives and souls."

• The Endgame: The trajectory of the Dragon and the philosophical implications of the "Second Death" in the Lake of Fire.

Whether you approach this text through the lens of theology, history, or philosophy, join us as we do justice to John of Patmos’s visionary masterpiece. It is a story of resistance, a theatre of the mind, and ultimately, a defiant message of hope that evil—no matter how systemic—has an expiration date.

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